Food chopper



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Patented June 10, 194.7

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Application April 19, 1944,seria1 No. 531,688 y 1 My invention relates to a culinary appliance particularly designed for chopping food and for rendering meat tenderand the principal objects of my invention are to generally improveupoir. and simplify the construction of thet-existng'folmsof similar devicesand to. provide .the appliance with a plurality of cutting blades which are reversible, thereby. enabling food -to'belchopped on a flat surface, orfthe. concave face. of a bowl.

A futher objectof my invention is to.A provide a lutensil ofthe. character referred to havirigsmeans including acrank. shaft anda. pair of double. eccentrics. carried thereby, which will be effective in producing four strokes of the.blades Withieach complete; rotation` of f the crankfashaft A furtliercbjeet of my invention', is to construct the device: so that--cutting bladesrand meat? tendering elements may be interchangeably used thereon.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of-a utensil constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of one of the food chopping blades.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken appoximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the double eccentrics.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of a single cam which may be used in the utensil.

Fig. 7 is a side elevational View of one of the meat tendering elements.

Fig. Sis a view looking at the under face of one of the meat tenderers.

Fig. 9 is an end view of one of the meat tendering members, and showing same applied to its reciprocating carrier bar.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention, I0 designates a vertically disposed handle having an opening II for the users fingers and formed integral with or fixed to they lower end of said handle are depending parallel bars I2, the lower ends of which are united by a block I3.

This block normally occupies the upper portion of a chamber I4 formed in a base block I5 and expansive coil springs I 6 are arranged be- Y i 2. tween-the under'fa'ce of block I3r andftlierbottom wall rof block I5, (seeFi'g. 4)= The underfacef of block I5:` is `pif-efeeralzvly corrugated' to. preven slippage: onfsmoothsurfaces."

Mounted to slide verticallyf=oni-tne `outer face of bars |25 and retained thereon 1 by vcwerlapping lips Il are bars I8 and prog'ectingifrom the upper ends thereof, are lugs' |91.

J ournalledr. forV rotation in' their upper portions of: bars" l mis? a'- shaw 21|;` carrying onf one-end" a 4cram: handle, 22| Zand: secu-red@ on saidsh'aft out- "si'de the.` *bars* are substantially ovall-` shapedleo- 1:5

centricsV 22'; the majforf axestof which are" disposed QGSdegrees apart..l These: eccentrics bear lugs/ l i Arrangediibetween andsecur-ed to fp'latesf. Iis a block 23 and seated inrand proectingifxom'the sides thereof are studs 24, which occupy ver-tical slots 25 in bars I8 and expansive coil springs 26 are located between said studs and the upper ends of said slots thus yieldingly resisting downward `movement of said bars I8.

` Detachably secured to the lower portion of each bar I8 by clamping screws 21 and 28, the latter one of which passes through a slot 29, degrees yin length and concentric with screw 21, is a blade 30 having a straight edge 3| and a curved edge 32.

Slot 29 enables the blade to be turned upside down so at to use the straight edge 3| on flat surfaces or the curved edge 32 in the concave surfaces of a bowl.

In the use of my improved utensil, the same is held in an upright position by one hand and with the other hand, crank handle 2| is engaged and rotated thereby rotating the double eccentris 20 so as to cause each bar I8 to make two downward strokes with each complete rotation of the crank shaft.

The underface of block I5 rests on the surface on which the foodstuff is being chopped, or upon the foodstuff itself and as a result of the rapid strokes of the blade the meat or other foodstuff will be quickly chopped to the desired degree of neness.

Spring I6 provides a yielding support for the utensil while same is in use and springs 26 lift the blade carrying bars IB after same have been moved downward by the eccentrics.

If desired, blades such as 33 each having a single straight sharp edge as illustrated in Fig. 3, may be moun-ted on the lower ends of the bars I8 and for pounding and tendering meat a block 3 34 provided on its under face with studs 35 may be attached to the lower ends of said bars by means of a plate 31 which projects upwardly from one side of said block and is provided with apertures 38 for reception of the screws 21 and 28, (see Figs. 7 and 8 and 9).

In Fig. 6 I have shown a single cam 39 which may be used in place of each eccentric 22 each cam being provided with an eccentrically disposed aperture 36a for reception of shaft 20. These cams may be secured to shaft 20 by suitable means.

'I'he handle with the upright opening provides tions for which it isintended.

.It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved food chopper and meat tenderer may be made and substituted for those herein ,shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims. I claim as my invention:

v 1. In a food chopper and meat tenderer, a handle; a body depending from said handle, bars arranged for sliding movement on the sides of said body, a crank shaft mounted for rotation in said vbody above saidV bars, eccentrics carried by said `crank shaft and engaging said bars, blades carried by the lower portions of said bar and springs forz yieldingly resisting downward movement of said blade carrying bars.

2. A food chopper and meat tenderer as set forth in claim 1 and each of which blades is provided with a straight cutting edge and a curved cutting edge.

3. A food chopper and meat tenderer as set forth in claim 1 with a foot piece mounted for slidingmovement on the lower end of said body and an expansive spring arranged between said foot piece and body.

4. In a food chopper and meat tenderer, a handle. a body depending from said handle, bars mounted for sliding movement on said depending body, a crank shaft mounted for rotation in said body above the sliding bars, eccentrics carried by said crank shaft for actuating said sliding bars, means for yieldingly resisting downward movement o f said sliding bars and means detachably mounted on the lower ends of said sliding bars for engaging and acting upon foodstuis.

LOUIS FRANK.

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